Valve



Dec. 3, 1935. c H, ARMSTRONG 2,023,350

VALVE Filed Aug. 14, 1955 |;I 2 m 16 9 IIIII 2 m is Patented Dec. 3, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE VALVE Southwark, England Application August 14, 1935, Serial No. 36,172 In Great Britain March 19, 1934 2 Claims.

This invention relates to screw-down and other valves of the kind in which the valve member comprises an inverted cup-like piston member arranged so as to prevent flow of fluid until the seating faces are separated to a sufficient extent to avoid a corrosive or cutting action on the seating faces, and is particularly concerned with valves of this type in which the stationary seating is arranged around a sleeve projecting above the seating and having ports opening at a level above the seating face, such sleeve being adapted to cooperate with the piston in such manner that the ports are not uncovered thereby until the seating faces are separated.

According to the present invention the ports in the sleeve converge in an outward direction towards the stationary seating, such ports preferably being of rectangular formation and having their upper and lower edges bevelled to form convergent passages, thereby further shielding both the fixed and movable seating faces.

The invention is hereinafter described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:-

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a screwdown stop valve in accordance with the invention; and

Figure 2 is a part longitudinal section similar to Figure 1 showing the valve in the open position.

In carrying the invention into effect according to one embodiment, in the application of the invention for example to a screw-down stop Valve, a sleeve I is provided at its lower part with an externally screw-threaded portion Ia adapted to screw into a corresponding bore in the usual horizontal partition 2 of the valve and is further formed with an external flange lb the upper face of which is adapted to constitute the stationary seating Ic. The sleeve I extends upward beyond such seating I c and in such upwardly extending portion ports Id are provided which open out above the level of the said seating la. The sleeve I may have internal lugs Ie preferably adjacent its lower end for screwing it into or out of position. The valve member 3, which is connected in any suitable manner to the vertical lift spindle 4, consists substantially of an inverted cup-like piston having a cylindrical wall 3a slidable within the bore of the sleeve I so as to close the ports Id therein when the valve is shut (as shown in Figure 1) and an outer concentric annular wall or flange 3b which, when the valve is shunt, surrounds the ported extension of the sleeve I and at its lower edge provides a seating 30 for cooperation with the stationary seating la. The 5 piston 3a extends downwardly below the level of the seating So on the concentric annular wall or flange 3b andis arranged so that the seating faces lo, 30 are separated to a substantial extent before the piston 3a uncovers the ports Id in 10 the sleeve I (as shown in Figure 2). Thus, the seatings I0, 30 are not subject to the corrosive or cutting action of the fluid and a more durable and efficient valve is obtained. The ports Id in the sleeve I are of rectangulalr form and their 15 upper and lower edges are bevelled as shown so as to form outlet passages which taper in an outward direction in order to cause the fluid to issue in convergent streams or jets, thus further shielding the seatings I0, 30 from the corrosive 20 or cutting action of the fluid. The outer annulalr wall or flange 3b of the valve member may be formed integrally with the piston or may be constituted by a separate member screwed or otherwise suitably attached thereto. 25

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a valve, the combination with a body portion having inlet and outlet passages, a valve seating, and a sleeve within said seating and pro- 30 jecting above the same, said sleeve having openings therethrough providing ports above the level of the valve seating, opposed portions of the walls of the said sleeve openings converging in the di rection of fluid flow through the said openings, 35 of a valve member comprising an inverted cuplike piston slidable within said sleeve to control said ports and an outer annulalr flange having a lower face cooperating with said valve seating the said piston extending substantially below the low- 40 er edges of said ports when the valve is closed, whereby said outer annular flange is separated from said valve seating prior to the uncovering of said ports by said piston when the valve member is moved towards open position.

2. A valve as claimed in claim 1, wherein said openings are of rectangular cross-section, and the upper and lower edges of said openings are beveled-towards each other in the direction of fluid flow. 50

CLIFFORD HARRY ARMSTRONG. 

